Cute drawings for copying, easy and beautiful, cute pictures in pencil

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Cute drawings made with a simple pencil look unusual and evoke affection. To learn how to draw such pictures, you need to know what tools and materials you will need for the work, as well as look at several step-by-step master classes and choose images for copying.

What you need for drawing

Beginning artists should have 4 pencils of different degrees of hardness on hand:

Hardness category	Letter designation
Solid	T or H
Hard-soft	TM or HB
Soft	M or B
Very soft	4M/4V or 6M/6V

Hard pencils leave light and thin lines, so they are convenient for sketching, drawing auxiliary lines and shading light elements of the picture. Hard-soft and soft pencils are suitable for drawing small details, as well as applying shadows.

The softest pencil is needed to outline the pictures and highlight the lines that will make the drawing clearer.

Paper for drawing with simple pencils should be light and smooth. A design made on light brown or grey sheets will look softer, without sharp transitions.

On paper with a rough surface it will be difficult to shade the graphite when doing shading. Therefore, it is better to give preference to album sheets or office paper for the printer.

You will also need an eraser. It is advisable to purchase a rubber band that has two sides: soft and abrasive. A soft tip removes traces of a hard pencil well, and a hard one erases dark and thick lines. It is important to pay attention to the shape of the eraser. It will be better if it has sharp ends. They will be convenient for lightening the shaded areas of the picture.

An equally important tool is the sharpener. All pencils should always be sharp. Dull tools make it difficult to draw fine details and create beautiful, even shading.

Cute drawings (for copying you can choose the pictures presented further in the article) are images of small, cute animals, as well as monsters and inanimate objects. The main task of the artist is to draw a character or object so that, looking at it, other people feel tenderness.

Hedgehog in a sock

How to draw a hedgehog like this:

Use a hard pencil to draw a sock on the drawing.
Draw 2 hedgehog paws in the elastic area.
A little higher, draw the eyes and nose in the form of dots, as well as a smiling mouth.
Add ears.
Highlight the heel and front part of the toe with smooth lines.
Draw stripes on the elastic band.

Cute drawings for copying, easy and beautiful pencil drawings — Cute drawings for copying - hedgehog in a sock

Use a hard-soft pencil to shade the middle of the toe. Blend the strokes.
Shade the area where the hedgehog's needles will be.
Darken the nose. This will make it look more voluminous. Blend all the strokes.
Use a soft pencil to shade the heel and toe. Blend the strokes.

Using the softest pencil, outline the picture, draw the hedgehog's face and add needles sticking out in different directions.

Mouse with cheese

How to draw a mouse:

Using a hard pencil, draw an egg-shaped body.

Draw big ears.
Add paws and a tail at the bottom.
Mark the indentations inside the ears by drawing thin lines along their upper edges.
Draw 2 small, round eyes. Highlight small highlights.
Draw the nose in the shape of an inverted triangle.
Mark the blush on the cheeks in the form of ovals. Draw the mustache.
Draw 2 front paws.
Between the paws draw a square with rounded corners, then carefully narrow its left side. Erase the extra lines with an eraser.
Draw some teeth marks underneath, as if the mouse had bitten into the cheese.

Draw the side of the cheese on the left side. This will make the piece look more voluminous.
Shade the inner parts of the mouse's ears. Blend the strokes.
Color the tail, the side of the cheese, the hind legs. Shade all the lines.
Lightly shade the blush on the cheeks and the area around the eyes. Carefully blend the lines.
Use a hard-soft pencil to shade the rest of the cheese. Blend the strokes.
Darken the base of the hind legs and tail.
Mark the shadow inside the ears, on top. Blend the strokes.
Show the shadow under the front paws.
Darken the outline of the drawing slightly.

Color the nose.
Draw round holes on the cheese.
Use a soft pencil to color the mouse's eyes, without touching the highlights.
Outline the nose and mustache.

Trace the outline of the drawing, then erase the background with an eraser.

Bunny flying on an umbrella

How to draw a bunny with an umbrella:

Use a hard pencil to draw the shape of the umbrella.
Add a handle with a curved end.

In the place where the umbrella handle begins to bend, draw a small circle. This is the hare's paw.
Draw the rest of this paw.
Start drawing the head from the bottom line. All corners should be rounded.
Draw the ears on the hare.
Draw another paw, lowered down, the body and the hind legs.

Shade the umbrella and the hare using a hard-soft pencil.
Use an eraser to highlight the inner part of the left ear and the bunny's belly.
Using a soft pencil, without pressing, show the shadows on the umbrella.
Draw dots for the bunny's eyes.
Use neat strokes to outline the position of the nose. Blend the strokes.

Pressing the pencil a little harder, trace the outline of the picture. Draw the protruding spokes on the umbrella.

Hamster

How to draw a chewing hamster:

Using a hard pencil, draw an elongated oval located horizontally.
Draw a semicircle on top. This is the hamster's head.
Draw a circle under the oval.
Connect the figures along the contour with smooth lines.
Highlight round cheeks.
Draw the hamster's hind legs.
Finish drawing the ears.

Erase all unnecessary lines.
Draw 2 round eyes. Add smooth lines under the eyes that will cover the lower parts of the circles. Erase the extra lines.
Draw a nose in the shape of a check mark.
Draw a short vertical line from the tip of the nose. Draw the hamster's lips.
Highlight the round cheeks. Draw a nut between the cheeks.
Draw small paws under the nut.
Use a hard-soft pencil to shade the hamster's hind and front paws, the nut, and the top of the head. Apply a few strokes to the animal's sides. Blend all the strokes.
Use an eraser to lighten the upper parts of the cheeks. Blend the graphite again to make the transition between dark and light tones softer.
Using a soft pencil, apply light strokes to depict a dark stripe on the hamster's head. Darken the upper parts of the ears. Blend the strokes.

Using a very soft pencil, color the eyes, darken the edges of the nut and outline the picture.

Spotted kitten

How to draw a spotted kitten:

Using a hard pencil, draw a round head.
Add large, triangular ears.
Draw the body.
Add the front and back paws. Mark the toes on them.
Draw the tail.
On the top of the head, cheeks and tail, use zigzag lines to depict protruding hairs.

Erase extra lines.
Draw the cat's closed eyes using arched lines.
Draw the mouth and tongue inside.
Draw the pads of the fingers on one of the paws.
Mark the "toes" on the front paws.
Highlight the inner parts of the ears with smooth lines.
Draw round spots of different sizes on the cat. Circles located close to the outline should not be drawn. Let them look as if they are not fully visible due to the angle.
Use a hard-soft pencil to shade all the spots, as well as the “socks” on the paws.
Fill in the space inside your mouth without touching your tongue.
Highlight the shadow between the hind legs, under the front legs, on the bottom of the head and tail.

Use a soft pencil to outline the picture, highlight the kitten's eyes, and draw in the whiskers.

Cute food

Cute drawings (for copying you can use simple pictures of food, and then add eyes and mouths to the objects), where inanimate objects with funny eyes are depicted, look unusual. In such pictures you can depict fruits, vegetables, any other food, and even packages, for example, French fries or milk.

How to draw oatmeal cookies and a glass of milk in a cute style:

Using a hard pencil, draw an elongated oval, positioned horizontally. This will be the plate.
Draw 2 round cookies. Draw another cookie on top. Draw teeth marks on its top.
On the right, draw a glass and a note with the inscription "For Santa". It is translated as "For Santa". You can replace the inscription with another one.
Draw the poured milk inside the glass.
Add a tube. Draw diagonal stripes on it.
Draw closed eyes and mouths with the cookies.
Draw 2 round eyes on the glass. Mark the iris and highlights.
Finish drawing the eyebrows, blush and smile.

Shade the top of the glass. Blend the strokes. Use an eraser to lighten 2 vertical stripes. They will imitate glare on the glass.
Mark the shadow on the plate with light strokes.
Shade the cookies with a hard-soft pencil. Blend the strokes.
Pressing a little harder on the pencil, draw a shadow on the bottom of each cookie.
Use an eraser to lighten the tops slightly.
Paint the stripes on the tube sticking out of the glass.
Paint the mouth on the glass and blush.
Use a very soft pencil to color the pupils of the glass. Outline the mouth, highlight the eyebrows, and draw the iris.
Draw chocolate chips on the cookies in the form of small spots. Outline their faces.

Trace the outline of the drawing. Highlight the letters on the note.

A little man who loves music

How to draw a man with headphones:

Using a hard pencil, draw a round head.
Draw the shape of the headphones. The speaker on the right should be depicted as if only its side part is visible.
Connect the headphones with a headband above the person's head.
Finish drawing the body, rounded arms and large legs.
Use an eraser to erase extra lines.
Draw the cord from the headphones.
Add bracelets to the little man's hands.

Draw closed eyes and a smile.
Using a hard-soft pencil, applying light strokes, you need to darken the right part of the character's body.
Draw a shadow between the legs and on the lower part of the body.
Darken the neck and upper left arm.
Blend the strokes slightly.
Draw a shadow under the little man.
Use a soft pencil to shade the headphones, headband and bracelets on the hands.
Use the eraser to highlight the highlights on the headphones.
Trace the outline of the drawing.
Use an eraser to clean the background.

In the upper right corner, draw several different notes in a chaotic order.

Cat in space

How to draw:

Using a hard pencil, draw a large circle. This will be the head.
Finish drawing the body, paws, tail and ears.
Select the upper part of the muzzle, slightly protruding beyond the circle on the left side.
Draw 2 sharp teeth.
Draw big, round eyes. Mark the highlights.

Draw the inner parts of the ears. Depict tears on the edges of each ear.
Erase extra lines.
Draw the cat's toes on its paws.
In the upper left corner draw a planet and the Moon. Mark the craters on the Moon and the continents on the Earth.
Draw small stars in a random order on the background.
Using a hard-soft pencil, without pressing, outline the shadows on the hind legs, body and tail.

Darken the neck, lower part of the front legs and head.
Show the shadow under the cat's teeth and jaw.
Shade the edges of the inner parts of the ears.
Color the water on Earth.
Draw a shadow on the right side of the Moon.
Pressing a little harder on the pencil, draw stripes on the cat’s tail, head and paws.

On the right side, color in the continents on Earth.
Use a soft pencil to shade the eyes, without touching the highlights. Use an eraser to lighten their lower part.
Draw thin whiskers on the cat. Draw a fold of skin between the teeth.

Trace the outline of the drawing.

A cute creature unknown to science

Cute drawings for copying with images of funny monsters and fantastic creatures have always attracted the attention of novice artists. They are easy to perform and do not require any special artistic skills.

How to draw an unusual creature:

Using a hard pencil, draw a round head.
Add a small body and short legs.
Draw a comb on the top of the head.
Draw thick and short arms.
Add large, round eyes and a small, smiling mouth. In the eyes, mark the glare.
Using a hard-soft pencil, darken the lower and upper parts of the legs.
Show the shadow under the arms and on the body, below, on the left side.
Shade the right side of the head.

Mark the shadows on the ridge.
Draw small bubbles on the background. Darken their lower parts.
Draw wrinkles around the eyes and mouth.
Draw thin stripes on the hands.
Using a soft pencil, without pressing, draw spots on the creature's forehead.
Shade the eyes without touching the highlights. Use an eraser to lighten their lower part.
Draw small bumps on the creature's skin.
Trace the outline of the drawing.

Trace each bubble drawn on the background.

Little hare

How to draw a bunny:

Use a hard pencil to draw a round head. Draw the body and short legs.
Draw a fluffy tail and long ears for the hare.
Draw a ribbon with flowers on the neck.
Add large eyes with highlights. Draw the nose and mouth as dots.

Draw protruding fur at the base of the ears. Highlight the inner parts of the ears.
Draw some hair sticking out on the cheeks.
Use an eraser to remove excess lines.
Draw a branch with flowers and leaves behind the hare.
Add little birds.
Shade the right side of the body, the lower part of the tail and mark the shadow on the hind legs.

Show the shadow under the front paws.
Shade the inner parts of the ears.
Highlight the blush on your cheeks.
Color the birds and flowers on the branch.
Shade the ribbon on the hare's neck.
Blend well all the strokes that indicate shadows.

With a hard-soft pencil, show the shadow on the back, under the hind legs, tail and at the base of the ears, with rare hatching. There is no need to shade these lines.
Shade the lower highlights in the eyes.
Use a soft pencil to color the eyes, leaving only the upper highlights white.
Shade the branch in the background.

Outline the drawing using smooth, broken lines.

Sally and Mike Wazowski

The cute drawing style allows you to change the appearance of famous cartoon characters. For example, the characters from the cartoon "Monsters, Inc.", Sulley and Mike, look different in the original. The author of this drawing changed their facial expressions to be friendlier and simplified the silhouettes.

When drawing such pictures, it is important to preserve the main distinguishing features of the characters, such as Sally's spots and Vazovsky's big eye. Therefore, it is advisable to use original images for copying, for example, frames from cartoons.

How to draw Sulley and Mike:

Using a hard pencil, draw a silhouette of each monster.
Draw Mike a big eye with a pupil and a glare inside. Draw a blush, a mouth and small horns.
Sally needs to draw small eyes with highlights, a nose, and a mouth with protruding teeth.
Finish drawing the horns and bushy eyebrows. Draw protruding hairs and a blush on the cheeks.
Draw spikes on the tail and claws on the feet.
Between the characters, in the background, draw a small heart.
Shade both monsters with a hard-soft pencil. Blend the strokes.
Use the eraser to highlight the left side of Mike's body. For Sally, highlight the belly, raised paw, face and top of the head. Shade the inner sides of the horns.

Using a soft pencil, darken the underside of Mike's body.
Draw a shadow at the base of Sally's tail, under her belly and on the sides.
Draw spots on Sally's body. Shade them.
Using a very soft pencil, outline the characters.
Paint over the eyes without touching the highlights.

On Sally's horns, highlight a few folds.

Dinosaurs in Love

Cute drawings (you can use colored pictures for copying) can not only evoke affection, but also reflect warm feelings, the manifestation of which is pleasant to watch in everyday life.

How to draw 2 dinosaurs in love:

Using a hard pencil, draw a schematic heart in the center of the sheet.
Draw the dinosaurs' heads and long necks, using the sides of the drawn figure as a guide.
Draw the bodies, thick and short legs, and long tails.
Schematically depict mountains behind the dinosaurs.
Draw the toenails.
Fill the background of the drawing with dense hatching. Blend the strokes.
Shade the dinosaurs with a hard-soft pencil.
Use an eraser to lighten the background between the dinosaurs. Carefully blend the borders of the transition from light to dark.

Use an eraser to highlight the tops of the dinosaurs' backs and tails, as well as the sides of their necks that face the light.
Lighten the mountains as if light were falling on them.
Use a soft pencil to outline the shadows under the dinosaurs and on their bellies, below.
Darken the bases of the legs, show shadows on the lower parts of the tails, as well as on the legs and backs.
Draw folds on the skin with thin lines.
Draw closed eyes and mouths on the dinosaurs.
On a light background, between the dinosaurs' necks, depict a flying meteorite. Draw its shape, and then shade it strongly, moving your finger to the right side to form a tail.
The tail of the meteorite needs to be continued behind the neck of the right dinosaur, lightening the dark background with an eraser.

Trace the outline of the drawing with a soft pencil.

Tips for Beginners

To make your pencil drawings look beautiful, you need to know a few tricks:

You can use cotton swabs to blend strokes on small elements of the drawing.
After removing thick and dense pencil lines, the eraser should be washed or wiped with a napkin, otherwise it will stain the paper.
If the eraser you buy does not have a sharp end, you can cut off a piece of the desired shape using a stationery knife.
To make the drawing look brighter, the final outline can be done with a gel pen or felt-tip pen.
You can quickly paint large areas of the drawing, such as the background, using a stationery knife and a cotton pad. The pencil lead should be slightly filed down, scattering small crumbs on the paper (Very small! This is important!). Then take a cotton pad and rub the crumbs on the paper using circular motions.

Learning to draw cute pictures is not difficult. The main thing is to use sharpened pencils of varying degrees of hardness, as well as correctly apply shadows and indicate highlights. For copying, beginning artists, more experienced masters advise choosing simple drawings where the direction and intensity of strokes are clearly visible.

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